Rising Star
a love story
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
We were never supposed to fall in love.
Not when I was living under his roof. Not when he was my boss. Not when his daughters had already worked their way into my heart and his tour was threatening to change everything.
But loving Sam Stevens stopped feeling impossible a long time ago. Now it feels inevitable.
Somewhere between the stolen moments, the late-night confessions, and the life we built in the spaces neither of us expected, he became so much more than the man I was supposed to keep my distance from. He became the person I turn to first. The one I ache for. The one I can’t imagine walking away from without taking pieces of myself with me.
The problem is, love doesn’t erase the past.
Sam is still carrying the damage of everything he’s lost. I’m still trying to trust that what we have is strong enough to survive the realities waiting for us beyond the safety of home. Fame, family, old wounds, and the life neither of us can put on pause forever are all closing in at once.
And if we want a future together, we’ll have to fight for it. Because loving each other was the easy part.
Holding on to it when everything is at stake might be the hardest thing we’ve ever done.
Rising Star is the emotional conclusion to Sam and Madison’s story—a heartfelt romance about family, healing, and choosing love when it asks you to risk everything.
Tropes and themes:
Single dad, nanny romance, age gap, found family, emotional healing, soulmates, second chance at love
Customer Reviews
It’s absolutely incredible, heart-wrenching, a tearjerker, and you won’t want to put it down!
Formerly Legend and Country (Carter Hills Band 7), now part 2 of the Lonesome Heart Duet.
I absolutely adore Emmanuelle Snow - all of her books (I’ve read all 7 Carter Hills Band series now), and her as a person. She’s just so incredible! A brilliant author (amazing!), and such a kind and beautiful person.
Legend and Country - WOW! This one has so much depth, so many layers and emotions … so much going on here. It really needs all 580 pages for you to experience everything and heal along with the characters.
Sam, musician extraordinaire (nickname “Legend”, formerly friend of the Carter Hills Band, and who we know from previous books, a tiny bit), left the country music scene when his wife left him and his two very young daughters because being a wife and mom just wasn’t for her, leaving behind three broken people.
Fast forward two years, and Riley (manager), who we know and love from the previous books, tries to bring Sam back from the depths of depression and barely surviving, by getting him to think about getting back into music and touring again, with a nanny he’s heard of. Enter Madison… who changed everything, even though she’s had a hard life, and things continue being extremely difficult with twists that no one could have ever predicted (because every Emmanuelle Snow book has to have extreme circumstances that bring out all the tears, even for this non-emotional reader, and that’s just life)!!
It’s absolutely incredible, heart-wrenching, a tearjerker (get your tissues, chocolate and wine ready!), and you won’t want to put it down so make sure you have a really long block of time free. One of her absolute best, and one of the very best books around, and probably of this whole year (yeah, I know it’s only January)!
I received an advance review copy from the author, and this is my honest feedback.